Sorting in EJ2 JavaScript Mention control

2 May 20233 minutes to read

You can display the suggestion list items in a specific order. It has possible types as Ascending, Descending and None in the sortOrder property.

  • None - The data source is not sorted.
  • Ascending - The data source is sorted in ascending order.
  • Descending - The data source is sorted in descending order.
var sportsData = [
    { Id: 'game1', Game: 'Badminton' },
    { Id: 'game2', Game: 'Football' },
    { Id: 'game3', Game: 'Tennis' },
    { Id: 'game4', Game: 'Hockey' },
    { Id: 'game5', Game: 'Basketball' }
];
// initialize Mention component
var mentionObj = new ej.dropdowns.Mention({
  dataSource: sportsData,
  fields: { text: 'Game', value: 'Id' },
  //sort the resulted items
  sortOrder: 'Descending'
});
mentionObj.appendTo('#mentionElement');
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 Mention</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container" style="width:200px;">
        <!--element which is the Mention target to list the suggestions-->
        <label style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600;">Comments</label>
        <div id="mentionElement" style="min-height: 100px; border: 1px solid #D7D7D7; border-radius: 4px; padding: 8px; font-size: 14px; width: 600px;"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>